After the 26th round of the Bundesliga, the eyes of the whole of Germany turned to the Champions League, and Bayern and Hoffenheim, who shone in the quarterfinals, began to attack the Champions League semi-finals. Since Bayer Leverkusen reached the final in '02, the Bundesliga side has not reached the last four, which is a huge shame for the Bundesliga.

In the past two seasons, Hoffenheim has risen strongly, Bayern has withered in the spring, and the two teams in the eighth-knockout round have poured 22 goals into their opponents, which shocked the whole of Europe, whether it is Spain, England or Italy, the Bundesliga is about to rise, and the German steel chariot is back.

Bayern is no longer alone, the super dark horse Hoffenheim has shared a lot of attention and pressure on Bayern, and now is the best time for the Bundesliga to break the circle of the quarterfinals and wash away the shame.

The first to kick off the battle is the four teams in the top half, Manchester United hosts Porto, Arsenal challenges Hoffenheim away, Porto is still a dish in Portugal, and it is still a dish at Old Trafford, but it is a rookie's dish, and the British media is optimistic that Manchester United is fully capable of solving the problem at home, and then send a substitute to play away.

Such a disparity of victory and defeat will certainly not attract the interest of fans and the media, and the main focus is on the Hoffenheim and Arsenal matches.

If Hoffenheim is creating a legend, then Arsenal is already a legend.

Arsenal have a legendary coach, Frenchman Arsene Wenger, who has two degrees and is fluent in five Chinese, but it is football that makes him famous all over the world.

In the space of 13 years, Arsene Wenger has built Arsenal into a European technical team, which has been praised by fans as "lightning fast, efficient and gorgeous". His pleasing style of play has earned the club a lot of eyeballs. His sharp eye unearths generations of newcomers, his dashing demeanor has captivated thousands of fans, his wise language has fooled the world's media, and his brilliant mind has saved the club's economy.

Arsenal have a legendary record, with the Gunners setting a new myth of a 49-game unbeaten run in England's top flight and winning the title unbeaten.

Arsenal have legendary talent, Thierry Henry, the king of Highbury, who has won the Premier League's top scorer three times in a row, Cesc Fabregas, the youngest captain, and Theo Walcott, who is also chasing the wind.

There are many things to see in the clash between Hoffenheim, who are constantly creating legends, and Arsenal, a legendary team; Who is faster Walcott or Li Huan?

Who is more demonic Fabregas or Arshavin?

Fanny and Demba Ba PK Adebayo or Bendtner who is more Warcraft?

Who is more stubborn Wenger or Rangnick?

Who is more flashy Hoffenheim or Arsenal?

The answers to these questions have left fans all over the world dreaming of the game that will start right away. But time doesn't get quicker because of the anxiety of the fans, they have to wait.

For such a big battle, the media of the two countries tried their best to provoke a war of words between the two sides, hoping that as in the Premier League, the suave Wenger almost went to court with Mourinho.

But the media was quickly disappointed, Wenger was a professor, Rangnick was also known as a professor in Germany, and there was no pre-match war of words between the two well-mannered coaches, but instead the two coaches complimented each other.

Rangnick has praised Arsene Wenger for making his mark on the Arsenal club. It is a registered trademark, an exemption mark, a quality assurance, and a description of use. Coaching at a club for more than a decade is the dream of any coach, and Arsene Wenger and Alex Ferguson are role models for football coaches around the world.

Arsene Wenger said that Rangnick was a passionate and sensible gentleman, and he had watched Hoffenheim play a few times, and Hoffenheim, like Arsenal, was the kind of team that could make the fans happy and satisfied, and it was a pleasure to be able to play against Hoffenheim.

The core players of both sides also behaved very friendly, Arsenal's young captain and Li Huan sympathized with each other, the Spaniard praised Li Huan as the best defender on the whole planet, a player that all teams want to have, Xiao Li Flying Knife is the most terrifying weapon in the world, he doesn't want his teammate Almunia to face Li Huan's free kick.

Li Huan praised Cesc Fabregas for his amazing talent and ability to decide the outcome of a match in an instant. They absolutely had to defend against Cesc Fabregas in the game and couldn't allow him to dribble and pass the ball easily.

The atmosphere is not like a Champions League quarter-knockout game, but rather a friendly match.

However, not all Arsenal players are such gentlemen, and Van Persie, who is injured, ridiculed Hoffenheim as just a hillbilly and a blue-collar worker, and their style of play can be regarded as good-looking in the Bundesliga, but it is definitely not gorgeous, let alone compared with Arsenal, and after two legs, Hoffenheim will be beaten out of its original form.

Van Persie's arrogance is actually hidden in the hearts of most of Arsenal's players, although Wenger and Fabregas are very polite and gentlemanly on the surface, but they don't think that Hoffenheim's style of play can be compared with them, even if they have never won the Champions League, Arsenal is still very arrogant, and even the grandmaster of the technical flow Barcelona is not taken into their eyes, let alone Hoffenheim.

On the internet, Arsenal fans have lost all of Arsene Wenger's superficial politeness, clamoring for a technical lesson to Hoffenheim and show the Germans what is flashy and what is fluid.

Hoffenheim fans sarcastically ridicule Arsenal's football like a girl, playing lingeringly, so for so many years without winning the Premier League title, being pressed by Chelsea and Manchester United and teasing in turns, Hoffenheim does not need them to be so gorgeous, Hoffenheim will only score, whether it is a giant or a deflated three, all slaughtered, Arsenal really has a kind of like Hoffenheim to score 5 goals for Manchester United.

In faraway China, die-hard and wealthy fans bought tickets to watch the game in Germany. Hoffenheim fans and Arsenal fans, who had no money or time, exchanged fire on the forum, some directly and rudely scolding their opponents, while others grabbed their opponents' sore feet and attacked. Some played Infernal Affairs, pretending to praise their opponents and accumulating RP for their teams. The patterns of support can be described as a hundred flowers.

The fierce reaction from the fans finally gave the quarter-knockout match a bit of gunpowder, and as British fans and fans from other countries arrived in Germany, the atmosphere of the big battle became more and more intense.

On the afternoon of April 6, 18 Arsenal players flew from London to Munich, Germany, under the leadership of Arsene Wenger, and then took a bus from Munich to the small city of Sinsheim.

Arsenal are one of Europe's most exponent of the technical stream, and even in a small place like Sinsheim, there are plenty of their fans, with a mix of local and British fans coming to greet them in the thousands, and the Arsenal players in suits look very relaxed, as if they have come to Germany for tourism, and seem to be confident in the game.

At the outset, the Rheinneckar newspaper conducted random interviews with Arsene Wenger and Arsenal's players. Arsene Wenger was very gentle and said that the players were tired from flying and changing buses and needed to rest, and refused to be interviewed by German journalists, but after getting used to the pitch in the evening, Wenger talked about his views on Sinsheim and the Rheinnecka Arena in order to meet the reporters' requests.

"It's not a very big pitch, a bit like the original Highbury, but there's a good turf, which is the most important thing for a technical team."

"The city is different from London, it's small, it's quiet, it's friendly and welcoming, and I love it very much."

'I don't know Hoffenheim's tactics but the best way to deal with it is to score goals and we're going to try to do that. We are a team capable of scoring. But at the same time, I think the most important thing for us is to take every opportunity to attack based on a good defensive system."

'I think the tempo of the game will be the key to winning or losing and it is what differentiates the Premier League from other leagues and we will try to play at a fast pace.

By the time Arsene Wenger's side arrived at Sinsheim, the Hoffenheim players were in intensive pre-match training at the Hoffenheim training ground, with no journalists or fans watching, only the players and coaching staff present.

The main content of Hoffenheim's training is defense, which is very different from their attacking and debugging forward lines in the league, Rangnick is not as stubborn as the outside fans think, he doesn't want to play against a team that has continued the same style of play for 13 years, he hasn't gone crazy yet, he knows that if he wants to eliminate Arsenal, he must not use Arsenal's style and style of play, they must use a different style of play from Arsenal to win.

If it had been a year ago, Rangnick would not have had any confidence against this gorgeous arsenal team, Arsenal are characterized by accurate passing, amazing speed of advancement, and penetrating through short passes, and opponents who are weaker than Arsenal can easily be blown up. Although Hoffenheim also had Li Huan and Eduardo last year, their defense was terrible, and the holes in their back line would be sieveed by the Gunners.

But now it's completely different, after the addition of Arshavin and Ruud van Nistelrooy, Hoffenheim's attacking power has increased greatly, after two years of running-in, the back line has been perfected, and through the competition with Inter, Manchester United and Bayern, Hoffenheim has also found confidence and ways to deal with Europe's top teams. For a team like Arsenal with a strong underbelly and a predominantly young player, Rangnick believes that as long as the tactics are right and the opportunity to score goals, it is not impossible to advance.

In the previous two rounds of the league, Hoffenheim only made the appearance of confusing Arsenal, the tactic they really want to use is defensive counterattack, whether Arsenal believe it or not, they will prepare for Hoffenheim's attack, can distract the opponent a little bit, Hoffenheim will win one more point, the two teams are evenly matched, a little detail may determine the final result.

(To be continued)